ravaging

Example Sentences

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When I saw the headlines that flames were ravaging Santa Rosa Island, sadness washed over me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

A mouse plague is terrorising farmers across large swathes of Australia, with the rodents running rampant around homes and ravaging fields of grain.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Palantir’s CTO stated AI inference signals “the death of legacy software,” making its platform useful but ravaging others.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

“You want to start to free up some assets into something short-term so you aren’t ravaging your portfolio all along, saying ‘Oh shoot, the market just tanked, but I need money now,’” she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

“So the giant pursued your father, ravaging whole kingdoms to find him while he hid like a coward?”

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley